It seemed to me that Western New England University started appearing in the press, instead of WNEC, about the same time the legislators made universities of all or some of the state colleges, so that is why I thought it was part of the state college system.

I'll be watching and saving the results of their polls to see how they do,

"And our polling method allows The Republican's reporters to follow up with the participants to put a human face on the information."

Good luck to the reporters trying to get peopled polled who hold unpopular positions on controversial issues to agree to having their pictures appear in the Republican or on MassLive along with their thoughts on the issues.

Who is funding this work at the university? Will students in communications courses etc. be doing the polling for just academic credit? Will there be ways to check to see if the work is really being done or if some of the pollsters are just making up the data? And how extensive will the survey be for a statewide office -- will people all over the state be polled? I'd hate to have to pay the phone bill or postage charges.

Since Louang is reported to have other properties and since she turned herself in to the court, isn't it possible that she is not the same woman who denied access to the gas company employee and the firefighter? Does she even have access to a white cargo van? And could the people who were denied access even pick her out in a line-up made up of other women with Asian features of about the same age and body type? One more question - if she did live there, who is to say she had access to the parts of the property where the material was stored and the marijuana was grown?

Are large apartment complexes considered commercial or residential properties? May I say that I think renters should be encouraged to participate in the hearings too even though they only pay property taxes indirectly.

Can you really expect a new restaurant to increase the number of people who go out to dine, so won't the new restaurant just drain business away from restaurants already operating here? What's to be gained?

Watch people disembark from a bus at the Springfield terminal and you will see that it was packed. The busses pick up passengers and drop some off along the way also. As for Chicopee, on weekdays the last bus to arrive from Springfield is at 9::58 P.M., and the last one , on a weekday still, to leave Chicopee for Springfield is at 9:40 P.M. Get a schedule and check it out for yourself.